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Rebuild 1600 engine troubles...



>About tha stuttering when running cold : the choke heater elements aren't
>new ones ( dual carb ). They might not expand equaly, could this be the
>cause why it runs so shocky ? It runs smooth(er) when the gearbox is in
>neutral gear though.
>andMaybe this will help. the exhaust fumes seem to come out in shocks, like
>smoke-nothing-smoke-nothing-smoke-nothing...but faster than you can read this.
>I hope there's a simple solution for all of this, because I would like to
>drive my VW again, after being VW-less for about two months ( well, i drove
>around in my mom's beetle, but that isn't the same )
>Thanks for reading this, I hope someone can help me out on this one.

Is it possible that you have the spark plug wires installed wrong?  Firing 
order is 1 4 3 2.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org              jadney@vwtype3.org
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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